NHS Greater Glasgow one of Scotland’s largest health boards is launching a drive to raise public awareness of the superbug MRSA.
A hard-hitting poster campaign in hospitals and health centres will be aimed at all hospital staff, patients and visitors helping them to be aware of the risks and the control measures that must be observed.
Deadly hospital-acquired infections like MRSA, which is resistant to many antibiotics, kill 5,000 patients each year in the UK.
The latest figures show that levels of the MRSA bug have fallen by 20% in the last year, but NHS Greater Glasgow board said it was determined to drive the rate down further.